Should game companies have more national pride?

[SvennoJ]

National pride doesn't matter to me, but I fully agree that we need more variety. I don't mind the American setting but changing it up is always better then seeing the same scenery every time. Games like Half-Life 2 and Stalker stand out for me because of the setting. I would rather have a game like AC3 be situated in India then the states again. Varanassi and Agra would make awesome locations for an AC game.
The same goes for atmosphere. Killzone series is very good graphically but why on earth do they try so hard to be all Hollywood American instead of making it something different closer to home.

Racing games need different settings too. NFS hot pursuit is great but I miss the variety of the original with German, French and British police chasing you. Let me race through the busy streets of Sao Paulo, Havana, Jakarta, Manila. The biggest reason I still haven't picked up Driver: SF is because I've seen SF in games too many times before.